About Fuat Oktay
Fuat Oktay is a Turkish politician, civil servant and academic who served as the first vice president of Turkey from 2018 to 2023. He previously served as undersecretary to the prime minister of Turkey from 2016 until his appointment to the vice presidency, following the creation of the office after the 2017 constitutional referendum. Oktay was unveiled as Turkey's first vice president on 9 July 2018 with the announcement of the new cabinet, and was sworn in to office the next day. He became known for his modernisation of bureaucratic institutions with new digital and technological advances. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the presidency with 52.59% of the vote outright, nullifying the need for a second round. His party also won the most seats in Parliament, falling short of a majority with 295 members of parliament.
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